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England 54-12 Fiji: Lancaster’s men win comfortably

England eased to a 54-12 victory over Fiji at Twickenham as they begin their QBE autumn international campaign.

Charlie Sharples bagged two tries as he stepped into the boots of Chris Ashton and hewas joined on the scoresheet by Ugo Monye, flanker Tom Johnson and centre Manu Tuilagi, who touched down twice late on against the tiring Fijians.England's pack was so superior they struggled to retain control at times but their power did earn a penalty try while Fiji's captain and tight-head prop Deacon Manu was watching from the sin-bin.

Stuart Lancaster had talked about imposing themselves from the outset, about being ruthless and showing no mercy on Fiji as they prepare to face Australia, South Africa and world champions New Zealand.

And he will be satisfied with the seven-try performance, but disappointed by the two tries England conceded and aware they will need to be more accurate when the Wallabies come to town next Saturday.

England must retain their fourth place ranking through this most challenging autumn campaign to be among the top seeds when the 2015 World Cup draw is made on December 3.

Elsewhere Wales were beaten 26-12 by Argentina as their hopes of earning top-four seeding in the 2015 World Cup suffered a blow.